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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WAIT N. HA\VLEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,987, elated January 31, 1860.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VArr N. HAWLEY, of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Combination and Arrangements of Mechanism for Pegging Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following specification and drawings with such pre cision as to enable others skilled in t-he mechanical art to make and use my improvement.

I will therefore proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the drawings in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

This improvement relates to that class 0f machines for pegging boot and shoes in which, by a proper organization of mechanism, with manual aid, the pegging of a boot or shoe is performed without the use of a pattern. The boot or shoe is secured in or upon a rotating stock, it (the stock) also being secured upon a three way carriage (in it movements) one movement being in and out of the machine. A second movement is made in a right line with the machine and at right angle with the first, and a third movement by the lifting of the whole, by means of weighted levers, so that the sole of the boot or shoe (secured in the rotating stock) shall be firmly pressed upward against the edge of a rough-surface feed Wheel and by which the sole is fed along to the action of the awl, and the insertion of the peg, while its edge (the sole) is held against a gage (which governs the distance of the row of pegs from the edge ofthe sole) and its course or movement being guided by the hand of the operator.

The peg wood is heldin place by an ad j ustable yielding pressure, and is moved forward by a rough surface or friction wheel, to .a point, directly over the hole for the insertion of the peg, which is then cut and forced into the sole, said awl and force being actuated by a cam or its equivalent. A more distinct understanding of its nature, construction, and operation, will be had from the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure l, is an isometrical view, showing nearly all of the operating parts in detail. Fig. 2, shows a rough surface friction wheel designed to move or feed the sole along, to the action of the awl, and to the reception of the peg. Fig. 3, shows the force j by which the peg is driven into the sole of t-he boot or shoe, the awl 7o, by which the hole is made for the peg, the knife Z, by which the peg is cut from the peg wood, the end of the peg wood m, just entering over the edge of the knife and the adjustable gage n, against which the sole of the boot or shoe is held.

A, is the frame work of the machine.

B, is the bed or table of the machine to and upon which (the frame A and bed B) all of the operating parts are arranged in their respective order.

C, is a horizontal frame of a suitable construction, fitted, so as to move freely in a perpendicular direction, upon the pins a, and is caused to move, and is held in its proper position by suitably adjusted weights D', and levers E, or their substantial equivalents.

D, is a frame or carriage fitted and working in and out of the machine in grooves or ways b. It is also provided with grooves, or ways o, upon its upper side, in which the bed E, is fitted to work back and forth freely in a right line with the machine, upon the upper surface of which, is formed a circular groove, or rail ol, upon which I secure an adjustable stock for holding the boot or shoe F, of which G is the base, the underside having grooves or ways corresponding to the grooves or rail d, on the bed E, and secured by a fulcrum screw or bolt e and by which it is allowed to turn freely and easily upon the bed E.

H, are upright posts the lower end of which, are fitted into dovetail grooves f, having gib g, and screws h, so as to adjust the posts H, to any required distance to or from the center of the fulcruin o. The upper end of the said posts H, are prepared in the proper manner to receive and hold a. boot or shoe. In the post-s H, is a crank, shaft, and ratchet, I.

J, are grapple tongs, or clamps, which may be constructed after any of the well known ways of making grapple-clamps for holding articles, by the draft of the .connecting cord, or strap. The cord or strap z', connects the tongs with the shaft I, so thatwhen the boot or shoe is placed in the stocks, in a proper manner for the pegging operation, and the tongs, or clamps J, or their equivalents, are placed over the boot or shoe, in the proper or desired manner, and the cord z', Wound up closely on the shaft I, by means of its crank, it is held firmly by the pawl and ratchet connected thereto, thus securing the boot or shoe F, firmly upon the stock H, in readiness/for the pegging operation.

K, K', are two horizontal shfa/fts, one of which is secured in boxes gara/short distance above and nearly over the/edge of thebed B, or over the center of/the force j, so as to allow a free and easy/action of the cam L upon the force y', by means of its connection o. The other shaft K', (shown by dotted lines) is placed, and secured in bearings nearly under the front edge of the bed or table B. Upon the outer end of the two shafts K, K', are secured gears M, or pulleys, of a corresponding diameter, or number of teeth, so as to produce the same uniform motion to each shaft. VThe two said gears, or shafts, are connected and caused to operate together by means of an intermediate gear N, secured upon a shaft orV stud lv.

O, is a balance Wheel secured to the gear N, and revolving on t-he stud, or secured to the shaft v, so as to revolve with the gear N, to overcome the resistance of the awl 7c,

-or the force y', in Vmaking the hole for the peg, and driving it into the sole, and also to keep up a uniform motion. YThe shaft K', is provided with a crank P, (or pulley) to which, by `means of a foot treadle Q (or a belt) power or motion is applied to the machine. j Y

It, is a roughssurface feed wheel, between the rim and hub of which is arranged a crooked spring friction, or cramp lever t, as shown in Fig. 2. Two of such wheels are used in this machine (other forms -of friction wheels however may be used for this purpose, without changing the principle of its operation, one of which wheelsV are secured on the holding block S, (which is also secured to the bed or table B) very closely to the force j, and awl la, and Aupon the sole of the boot, or shoe F, and is operated upon, and caused to move forward by means of the cam T, and its connections, or its substantial equivalent, each revolution of the shaft and therewith, moving the boot or shoe the required distance for a second peg. The connection rod s, passes through the end of the cramp lever t and its distance of motion regulated by the nuts u, which will be more, or less, each revolution of the shafts, K, as regulated by the nuts a,-a second rough surface feed wheel R, is placed in or upon the bed, or table B, and its cam T, secured on the shaft K', its movement and its regulation of feed being the same as the first. The object of this (second rough surface feed) wheel Vis Now the boot or shoe having been properly secured in the stocks H and the edge of the sole held firmly and steadily against the adjustable gage n, the awl c, descends, piercing the first hole for the peg, and as it rises the boot or shoe is moved forward the desired distance fixed and regulated byV the Ynuts u, on the connectingl rod s. A

strip of peg wood previously having been placed in readiness so that a peg may be cut therefrom by the descent of the force j,-and driven into the hole Vjust pierced by the awl, thus piercing the hole and forcing the peg into the sole successively until the work is finished. The boot or shoe secured upon the stock II,fbeing held up to the gage, and its course, or direction o movement governed by the operator, or in other words, by hand. v

I believe I have thus shown the nat-ure, construction, land operation of my improvement in mechanism for pegging boots and Y shoes, so as to enable a person skilled to make and use thesame and that its advantage over others now in use, will be fully understood from the above, without further remark.

Having described my invention or improvement in machines for pegging boots or shoes, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r Y l. An adjustable stock H, secured and operating upon a two way carriage D, E, and the frame C having a perpendicular movement arranged and operating as and` for the purpose described.

2. I claim the arrangement of the roughened surface Vfeed wheel R, in combination with the adjustable stock I-I, carriage D, E and frame C, operating as and for the purpose described.

3. I claim the arrangement of the roughened surface feed wheels R, R operating to'- gether as and for the purpose described.

, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Vhand and affixed my seal this '7th day of January, 1860. Y Y

` WAIT N. IIAWLEY. [11. s] Witnesses:

EDWARD BEKL, JERMY WV. Brass. 

